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+import java.io.File
+
+package object common {
+
+  /** An alias for the `Nothing` type.
+   *  Denotes that the type should be filled in.
+   */
+  type ??? = Nothing
+
+  /** An alias for the `Any` type.
+   *  Denotes that the type should be filled in.
+   */
+  type *** = Any
+
+  
+  /**
+   * Get a child of a file. For example,
+   * 
+   *   subFile(homeDir, "b", "c")
+   * 
+   * corresponds to ~/b/c
+   */
+  def subFile(file: File, children: String*) = {
+    children.foldLeft(file)((file, child) => new File(file, child))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a resource from the `src/main/resources` directory. Eclipse does not copy
+   * resources to the output directory, then the class loader cannot find them.
+   */
+  def resourceAsStreamFromSrc(resourcePath: List[String]): Option[java.io.InputStream] = {
+    val classesDir = new File(getClass.getResource(".").toURI)
+    val projectDir = classesDir.getParentFile.getParentFile.getParentFile.getParentFile
+    val resourceFile = subFile(projectDir, ("src" :: "main" :: "resources" :: resourcePath): _*)
+    if (resourceFile.exists)
+      Some(new java.io.FileInputStream(resourceFile))
+    else
+      None
+  }
+}